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1 As a Ward 3 voter, I rely on Councilmember Solorio and other public officials who have compared the City Council <br />meeting to an evidentiary hearing and stated that the Council's decision is "quasi judicial" in nature. For example, my <br />Ward Representative recently stated, "I've mentioned this before online and in different neighborhood meetings, but <br />because project and permit approvals like this one are quasi-judicial City Council actions and not legislative actions, we <br />are not supposed to advocate either side. That would be a violation of a fair and due process. Ask our City Attorney or any <br />other City Attorney in the state and they will tell you the same thing. Like judges, we're supposed to be as neutral as <br />possible and only hear information from the hearings and the process and make decisions based on that. During the last <br />Council hearing, I did not vote for 2525 based on the collective information I received and heard. " (J Solorio, Floral Park <br />Next Door, Edited 27 Oct 19) <br />2 Presently, It is understood that the developer and the Planning Department, have use of the City's overhead projector <br />or other equipment to make audio-visual presentations as well as verbal presentations at the Council meeting. They are <br />given sufficient time to speak in support of their project. In addition, individual development supporters, are given two <br />minutes each to speak. On the other hand, others, including opponents of the project, have been denied the use of <br />audio-visual equipment, and have been informed they are limited to individual two minute presentations. All have access <br />to Ecomment, meetings with, and email to councilmembers. <br />